Newspaper Clippings

Solomon Friedman quoted in Global News article

In a recent Global News piece entitled "Will U.S. gun control debate take its cues from Canada?", Aldis Brennan reviewed…

12 years ago

Solomon Friedman quoted in National Post story

Solomon Friedman quoted in National Post story regarding UN Arms Trade Treaty

12 years ago

Right to Know: Minimum sentences not proven to work

This is my column in today's Ottawa Citizen about the folly of mandatory minimum sentences: Minimum sentences not proven to work…

12 years ago

Canada to appeal Quebec gun registry ruling

That didn't take long. From the CBC: The federal government plans to appeal a Quebec court ruling blocking it from destroying Quebec's…

12 years ago

Quebec Superior Court rules against federal government in gun registry dispute

From the Globe and Mail: The federal government’s plan to destroy all data from its long-gun registry is unconstitutional, a…

12 years ago

Another mandatory minimum found unconstitutional

"Mandatory minimums are profoundly unfair and, as this judge found, unconstitutional," Solomon Friedman, a lawyer specializing in firearms law, told…

12 years ago

Solomon Friedman: Full disclosure rules prevent ‘trial by ambush’

Solomon Friedman writes about the Crown's obligation to make full disclosure to the defence.

12 years ago

Another legal challenge to Bill C-19

The Toronto Star reports that the Barbra Schlifer Clinic, a Toronto-area legal clinic, has filed a legal challenge seeking a…

13 years ago

Michael Edelson: Why your secrets are safe with your lawyer

This is a recent piece in my firm’s Ottawa Citizen column on fundamental legal rights and freedoms, entitled “Right to…

13 years ago

Michael Edelson: Why defence lawyers are never hired by the guilty

This is a recent piece in my firm's Ottawa Citizen column on fundamental legal rights and freedoms, entitled "Right to…

13 years ago